“Objective knowledge may be measurable, but true wisdom is not. I believe that every person we meet presents us with an opportunity to expand.”
Awareness and the College Experience
“Too often, as college students, we become fixated on ‘doing.’ We deceive ourselves into believing that our self-worth is achieved through constant activity and movement, forgetting that beneath all the ‘doing,’ we are beings.”
Finding Our Individual Charisma
“For some, charisma may simply mean listening to and being fully present for another human being. For others, it means dancing in the spotlight like a Broadway performer.”
The Power of Home
“Though I had never entertained such doubts before, I couldn’t help but notice that there were stark differences between my ‘home away from home’ and the place that I was raised.”
Life and the Lecture Hall
“I want my hand to ache not because I am trying to desperately replicate what society tells me is important, but because I am passionate about writing my own life story.”
Defending The Value of Social Media
“I would be lying if I said that social media has had a purely negative effect on my life. In fact, in some ways, it has helped me to more deeply value life itself.”
Remembering the Value of Athletics
“That competitive energy that once propelled us down the field can be channeled into a desire to do the best we can during midterm week.”
Channelling the Creativity of Children
“We must slow down and breathe life in through all of our senses, the way that a wonderstruck child would.”
The Ripple Effect and Positive Empathy
“What if we decided to intentionally internalize other people’s positivity, instead of subconsciously absorbing their stress?”
The Beauty of Beginning
“Perhaps we could all benefit from seeing the world, and more specifically, the BC community, through the unique scope of a beginner’s eyes, while continuing to recognize it as a familiar place in which each of us belong.”